Out Loud

Out Loud is KBOO's queer culture radio show, celebrating & serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning & allied communities. We feature interviews with community groups, authors, musical talent, and anyone from the queer & allied communities. We strive to give voice to those not heard in the main stream media.

Out Loud is a community created radio show and everyone involved is a volunteer. Please consider joining us! Email us if you have any questions, or even if you just want to say 'Hi!'

For more national and international LGBTQ news and information, check out This Way Out Radio.

To submit event announcements, to share an idea or feedback and to contact the folks who create the show, email OutLoudRadio@gmail.com

Tonight, our first guest is an event producer who is recruiting for an upcoming new work. Max Voltage updates us on Homomentum the Musical, the radical gender bending sci-fi musical new work. They are casting and hiring for an upcoming Staged Reading, with auditions happening in early Sept.

June may be pride month but our pride cannot be contained to just one month! On tonight's show, Out Loud features Saturday in the Park and Latino Gay Pride.

Tune in to hear from Saturday in the Park, the pride event happening in Vancouver, WA on Sat July 11 @ Esther Shore Park. Mikey Ford joins us to share details of this year's Saturday in the Park pride event, and we'll also play a few songs from musicians who will perform on Saturday.

Pray away the gay? No way! Instead, we say good-bye to Exodus International on Out Loud Radio!

Last month, Exodus International, the oldest and largest Christian ministry dealing with faith and homosexuality, issued an apology to the gay community for years of undue suffering and judgment at the hands of the organization and the church as a whole.

Pray away the gay? No way! Instead, we say good-bye to Exodus International on Out Loud Radio!

Last month, Exodus International, the oldest and largest Christian ministry dealing with faith and homosexuality, issued an apology to the gay community for years of undue suffering and judgment at the hands of the organization and the church as a whole.

Out Loud kicks off Pride month by welcoming our first guest Rob Cochran, from NOFEAR, Northern Oregonians for Equality and Respect, to the show. NOFEAR works to promote Oregon’s anti-discrimination laws that apply to businesses in the state. Recently, two bakeries refused to create a wedding cake for a same gender couple.

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Siren Nation is a celebration of women in the arts. Out Loud focuses on the queer talent as part of the Siren Nation festival. Tonight we hear live music from The I's, and Carla interviews Natlalia Kay, Executive Director of Siren Nation. Natalia shares some queer film suggestions showing as part of the S.N. Film Festival.

Carla also talks with Rory Bowman, who is working in Vancouver with the Approve Referendum 71 campaign in Washington state.

Carla interviews Kate Kendelle, Executive Director for the National Lesbian Center Rights (nclrights.org), and Jeana Frazzini, Executive Director for Basic Rights Oregon (basicrights.org), about the State of the LGBTQ Union, among other political topics.

Kate will be in Portland Sept 12 and 13 for community discussions, sharing both local and national updates, including where the movement for marriage equality in Oregon is heading and current federal legislation and litigation.

Event details on Basic Rights & the National Center for Lesbian Rights websites.

Out Loud frequently focuses on voices from the Portland metro area. Tonight Carla talks with folks from outside the metro area.

Tune in to hear from Umatilla Morrow Alternatives, a human dignity group working towards equal rights for all minorities in Eastern Oregon. Carla talks with Frank Roa, Executive Director, and Darrell Alston from UMA.

Next Carla and Q discuss the Butch Voices conference, happening in Oakland, CA Aug 20-23. Q offers some perspective on butch women, an often misunderstood segment of the LGBTQ community.

An important community annoucement: A National Day of Action is happening Saturday August 15th: the Nationwide Kiss-In is happening in cities across the US. In Portland, people are gathering at 11am at Pioneer Courthouse Square. This national day of action is in response to multiple incidents in the past few months regarding LGBTQ individuals being stopped by police or other individuals for kissing in public.

Tonight's Out Loud highlights our community's pride from a few different angles. We'll go over a long list of area pride events, discuss a queer health survey seeking your input, enjoy some live music and more.

Next, we talk with Graham and Molly, from the Multnomah County Health Department. They are working on Speak Out 2009, a heath survey focused on the LGBTQ community. The Health Department is seeking a wide range of participants from the LGBTQI community, so they encourage you to share this survey with your personal networks, and invite your frinds & family to participate. Speak Out 2009 is also an event on Facebook.

In studio, we'll enjoy live music from Felina's Arrow. They are playing at the Portland's Pride Festival on Saturday June 13 at 6:00 PM. The Portland Pride Festival is located at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Downtown Portland, Oregon. They're on Facebook too.

With so many events happening In our area over the next few weeks, you can enjoy yourself & our community pride in so many different ways. Just get out there & show your pride! Your family is calling......

If you'd like to share an annoucement, or perhaps you have an idea or a suggestion for a future show, email: outloudradio@gmail.com

Hear from local authors Lipstick and Dipstick! With measured blend of guidance, wit and sincerity from the femme and the butch perspective, Lipstick & Dipstickis a punchy advice column in CURVE Magazine, the nation's best-selling lesbian magazine. We might discuss their book, Lipstick & Dipstick's Essential Guide to Lesbian Relationships from Alyson Books, and we'll definitely get excited about them emceeing the big L Word premiere for it's final season.

Carla interviews Diane & Jacob Anderson-Minshall, Portland writers of the Blind Eye Mystery series. We discuss their latest book Blind Faith, their other books, and their local monthly event QLiterati (the LGBTQ Literary series, which they host the 2nd Wednesday of every month 7-9pm at the Q Center).

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Just wanted to remind listeners looking for information about AIDS, you can reach the statewide AIDS Hotline at 800-777-2437. Cascad Aids project can be found at cascadeaids.org or 503-223-5907. Thanks- Jacob Anderson-Minshall